Broom-protector.



A. J. MYERS. BROOM PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.9,1907.

Patented Dec. 8,-1908.

ARTHUR .T. MYERS, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

BROOM-PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 9, 1907.

Patented Dec. 8, 1908. 7

Serial No. 405,763.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR J. MYERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Broom- Protectors, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

Like reference letters indicate like parts.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved broom protector. Fig. 2 is a view in front elevation of a broom provided with my invention. Fig. 3 is a detail view (on an enlarged scale) of the parts seen on section line a: x of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of a modified form of my broom protector. Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the sliding cap constituting a part of my invention.

My invention relates to bridles attached to brooms to protect the same, and consists of the novel construction and combination of the several parts as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings A represents the usual form of a broom handle and B is the broom corn stitched together at a. and secured to the handle A by the wires 6. The protector is made of sheet metal and comprises two strips C, an oval band or strip D, and a yoke or collar E. Each stri C is flat for the greater part of its length, ut is curved to fit the handle at and near its upper end, as shown at c in Figs. 1 and 2. At andnear its lower end each strip 0 has a series of bends or folds, as fully illustrated in Fig. 3. There are two transverse bends d and e, forming a tapering shoulder f; then there are a flat straight portion 9; a right-angled bend h, forming a base; an upwardly directed bend or fold i, parallel to the portion g; a downwardly directed bend or fold j; and an upwardly directed bend or fold 7c. The folds 71, j and 7c are of equal length and width and all are in contact serwttm.

The collar or yoke E is made of a circular disk of sheet metal, and has a concentric aperture Z of a diameter slightly exceeding t at of the wired portion 1) of the broom handle A, so as to be capable of sliding over said wired portion. The collar E has two parallel slots m m, each diametrically opposite the other. The collar E has its edge bent down fiaringly at an angle, so as to fit on the broom handle A at the bottom of the handle and to rest on, embrace and engage the top it of the broom, adjacent to the handle, as shown in Fig. 2.

The hoop or band D, shown in Figs. 1 and 2, comprises two U-shaped strips. Each end of each of said U-shaped strips is longitudinally slotted, as represented at 0. The two U-shaped strips are assembled as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, and their ends overlap. A screw F, passing inwardly through a perforation in the flat straight portion 9 of each strip 0, extends through the slots 0 of said U-shaped strips D, and through registering screw-threaded holes tapped in the folds i, j and 7c, as seen in Fig. 3. By loosening the screws F, these U- shaped bands can be moved longitudinally to increase or diminish the major diameter of the band D, thus making said band extensible to any desirable degree or extent. This device is used as follows. The band D is slipped down over and along the handle A and down upon the broom B as far as is desired. The concave surface of both the upper ends of the strips C are brought into contact with the handle A on opposite sides thereof, a rivet, rod, nails, or tacks p are inserted through the holes g in the upper part of the strips C and pass into or through the handle A, thus fastening the device in position. The collar E is slipped down along the strips 0 into snug contact with the upper rounded edge a of the broom B, beneath the wires 1) of the handle A. The band D is adjusted by slipping the two parts thereof inwardly or outwardly, as may be necessary, to the desired extent and securing the ends thereof in their adjusted positions by means of the screws F.

The'collar or yoke E by its engagement .with the two strips C in the slots m m thereof and its snug contact with the to edge of the broom B and with the hand e A, beneath the wires b, prevents any lateral movement of the device upon the broom itself. The contacting folds t, j and 7c afford a comparatively thick mass of metal for the strong engagement of the threaded portion of the screw F therewith.

In Fig. 4 is shown a slight modification of the invention, in which the band Gr is not extensible, but of invariable length, and is riveted or otherwise fastened, as at 1", to the strips H. The strips H have the upper ends curved as seen at s, and are provided with holes t, through which fastening means may extend to secure the strips H to the handle A.

The bands D or G serve to prevent the spread of the broom by continued or excessive use, and make it more durable. The closer the band is brought toward the operative end of the broom, the more rigid and stubby the broom-corn is but the more remote the band is from said end the more limber and flexible the broom is.

I claim as a novel and useful invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a broom protector, the combination of two substantially parallel strips adapted to fit upon and be secured to a broom handle at or near their upper ends; a band supported by said strips at their lower ends, which band is adapted to surround the broom in contact therewith; and a collar having two slots and adapted thereby to slide on said strips and provided with a central aperture, adapted to surround the handle, and bent into a shape conforming to the upper end of the broom contiguous to said handle.

2. In a broom rotector, the combination of two substantia ly parallel strips adapted to fit upon and be secured to a broom handle at or near their upper ends; an expansible band supported at the lower end of said strips'and adapted to surround the broom in contact therewith; means for adjustably expanding said band and holding it in its adjusted position; and a collar having a downwardly flaring edge, which fits upon the upper end of the broom, said collar being slidably mounted on said strips.

3. In a broom protector, the combination of two substantially parallel strips adapted to fit upon and be secured to a broom handle at or near their upper ends; a band comprising two U-shaped strips,'the ends of one of which overlap the ends of the other; means of adjusting said two U-shaped strips in relation to each other and to the broom so that said strips when adjusted fit upon said broom;

means for supporting said U-shaped strips upon the lower ends of said two parallel strips; and a centrally perforated collar, slidable on the broom handle and on said two parallel strips and bent to lie conform tially parallel strips, one end of each of which is bent or looped so as to receive and support the contacting portion of the U- shaped stri s; a series of integral, perforated layers or fo ds of metal at the end of each of said parallel strips, which folds or layers are in contact with each other seriatim; and a screw passing through an opening in the outer portion of the loop on each of said parallel strips near the bottom thereof, and passing through the adjacent registering openings of the U-shaped strips, into threaded engagement with the said inner layers or folds of the same strip.

5. In a broom protector, the combination of the two U-shaped strips D D, each having longitudinal slots 0 through their contiguous ends; two substantially parallel strips C C, each having the beveled shoulder f, the per forated straight portion g, the base h, and the close folds or layers 11, j, k, which layers are. screw-tapped; and a screw F extending through the openings or perforations of the parts g, i, j and Zr of each strip C and through the slots 0 of the U-shaped strips D D, and adapted to hold the said strips D D, adjustably on said strips C C.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' ARTHUR J. MYERS. l/Vitnesses:

ARTHUR P. JoHNsoN, WARREN R. Palace. 

